By road, rail and sea 

“Logistics is essentially the glue that joins every part of the business together,” says Andy Haines, Supply Chain Director, Europe. “We get the product where it needs to be.”

Tate & Lyle’s logistics chain stretches from the customer’s order, to production planning, to sales and manufacturing. Add warehousing, transport, invoicing and after-sales service, and you have a variable system that has to work every time.

For our logistics people, faced with moving our products under strictly-controlled conditions by road, rail and sea, that means teamwork. “As well as focusing on cost – as we all are right now – one of our main priorities is environmental impact,” says Andy. “Our Single Ingredients business produces large volumes of starches and sweeteners from plants across Europe, and imports products – it requires a complex approach.”